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Blog by Danielle Sunshine
Here are some tidbits on writing, to encourage and inspire.
Want YA Readers to Love Your Characters? You’ve Got to Master Close Psychic Distance
YA literature is ripe with characters that teenagers identify with: high schoolers struggling with first love, depression, and environmental anxiety, athletes trying to make the varsity soccer team, runaways searching for connection. These characters may not represent your readers exactly, but...
Word Banks and Why You Should Have One
How do we get away from the habit of using uninspired language and lift up our manuscripts? Simple. Create a word bank.
Using Figures of Speech in Picture Book Writing
Figures of speech can add nuance, sophistication, and complexity to a picture book manuscript.
Banish the Creativity Blues
Need some tips to jump-start your creativity? Here are six you can begin today: Put a notebook on your nightstand. The minute you wake up in the morning…
More Than a Bunch of Bones
The basic plot structure goes something like this: a character has a problem. He does everything he can to solve it, but the problem gets worse and worse…
Want YA Readers to Love Your Characters? You’ve Got to Master Close Psychic Distance
YA literature is ripe with characters that teenagers identify with: high schoolers struggling with first love, depression, and environmental anxiety, athletes trying to make the varsity soccer team, runaways searching for connection. These characters may not represent your readers exactly, but...
Word Banks and Why You Should Have One
How do we get away from the habit of using uninspired language and lift up our manuscripts? Simple. Create a word bank.
Using Figures of Speech in Picture Book Writing
Figures of speech can add nuance, sophistication, and complexity to a picture book manuscript.
Blog by Danielle Sunshine
Here are some tidbits on writing, to encourage and inspire.
Want YA Readers to Love Your Characters? You’ve Got to Master Close Psychic Distance
YA literature is ripe with characters that teenagers identify with: high schoolers struggling with first love, depression, and environmental anxiety, athletes trying to make the varsity soccer team, runaways searching for connection. These characters may not represent your readers exactly, but...
Word Banks and Why You Should Have One
How do we get away from the habit of using uninspired language and lift up our manuscripts? Simple. Create a word bank.
Using Figures of Speech in Picture Book Writing
Figures of speech can add nuance, sophistication, and complexity to a picture book manuscript.
Blog by Danielle Sunshine
Here are some tidbits on writing, to encourage and inspire.